Contemporary Figurative Prints
Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.
Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.
The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.
Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Etching, Aquatint
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Offset, Pencil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Ink, Satin Paper
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Foil
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Ink, Satin Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Digital, C Print, Arc...
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Digit...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Digital Pigment, Silver Gelatin, Paper, Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Laser,...
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Digital Pigment, Canvas
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Digital, C Print, Arc...
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Digital, C Print, Arc...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Archival Paper, C Print, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Digital Pigment, Archival Pigment, Inkjet, Digital, C Print, Arc...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Digital, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Paper, Ink, Etching, Screen
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Paper, Engraving, Screen
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Photographic Film, Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Pigment, C P...
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Digital, Pigment, A...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Canvas, Digital Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Canvas, Digital Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pigment, ...
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Archi...
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Color, Digital, Archiv...
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Archival Pigment, Digital ...
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Resin, Color, Oil, Mixed Media
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Resin, Color, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Resin, Color, Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Mixed Media, Color, Resin
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Mixed Media, Color, Resin
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Digital, Pigment, Archival P...
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Color, Oil, Mixed Media, Resin
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Resin, Color, Mixed Media
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Paper
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Monotype, Pencil, Paper
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Inkjet, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Archival Pigment
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen, Pencil, Mixed Media, Linocut
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Luster, Black and White, C Print, Archival Pigment, Paper
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Mixed Media
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Offset, Lithograph, Permanent Marker
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Paper